The Houston Rodeo now boasts  over 2 million attendees each year and offers a wide variety of events and exhibitions.  Calf scramble?  Trail rides? Livestock shows?  Of course, what rodeo would not be complete without these events?  There are competitions for youth and adults.  There are exhibits and parades and more.  Involving the community and education are key components of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo who give out scholarships every year to talented youth.

Entertainment?  Of course! Over the years many talented performers have shared their talents with Houston Rodeo attendees and this year is no different.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has something for everyone and is not to be missed.  For more information check out their website.

And, of course, for lodging in Houston during your rodeo stay, The Lancaster offers a package just for you.

Ginny Braud writes:

“Dino’s got a great attitude and genuinely cares about making guests feel welcome. It’s pretty damn refreshing.”

Thanks Ms. Braud for the write up and thanks Dino for the great attitude you bring everyday!

Read the complete story at Houston Press Blogs.

“What started out as a quest to find maps and photos illustrating the beginning of my great-grandfather’s dream to build his second first-class hotel in Houston soon turned into a much more extensive search to uncover some heretofore unknown history about our city,” enthuses Miki Lusk Norton. “I was amazed to find out there was a red-light district in the central business district that predates what historians had called the first red-light district in Houston, ‘The Reservation’ in the Hardcastle section of the Fourth Ward. Today, the area is home to the Historic Oaks of Allen Parkway Village. The first red-light district, where my great-grandfather, Michele DeGeorge, built The Auditorium Hotel, was called ‘The Hollow,” she explained. In the 1800s, The Hollow was bounded by Milam, Louisiana, Capitol and Prarie and was home to many female boarding houses. Maps from 1896 identified these boarding houses on the current sites of The Lancaster Hotel, Alley Theatre, Jones Hall, 515-517 Louisiana and 717 Texas Avenue. The 1900 census takers listed the occupation of the majority of the female tenants as “prostitute.” In 1905, a city ordinance decreed that the houses of ill repute were a blight on the central business district. “The soiled doves flew the coop,” Norton said, “and relocated to the newly designated ‘Reservation.”

About The Lancaster Hotel:

The Lancaster is located in the heart of Houston’s business, financial, court, historic and theater districts at 701 Texas Avenue at Louisiana. Still owned by descendants of the original developer, the hotel has hosted performing artists, as well as business and leisure travelers since 1926. At Houston’s first boutique hotel, guests experience friendly, personal service with full attention to detail. In support of heritage tourism, Houston Urban Adventures starts both of its walking tours, the Heart of the Tunnel Walk and the Historic Downtown Pub Crawl, in the lobby of The Lancaster Hotel.

Highlights:

• Visit five of the most atmospheric bars in Houston’s downtown historic district.
• Hear stories and legends while sipping drinks.
• Call by a tailor shop that becomes a bar at night.
• Meet the local ghosts in Houston’s most haunted building.
• Visit a hotel basement where celebrities entertained World War II soldiers

Proud to be the only historic hotel in Houston, The Lancaster brings it’s own historic atmosphere to your stay.  

For more information on the Houston Pub Crawl Tour, contact Urban Adventures!